#4E9CCE#4E9CCE

#4E9CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.107 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9CCE
RGB	rgb(78, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -8.89, -32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 33.97, 254.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0546 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.107 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1667, 29.8503, 62.7632)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9CCE #CE804E

analogous

#4ECEC0 #4E9CCE #4E5CCE

triadic

#4E9CCE #CE4E9C #9CCE4E

tetradic

#4E9CCE #C04ECE #CE804E #5CCE4E

square

#4E9CCE #C04ECE #CE804E #5CCE4E

split-complementary

#4E9CCE #CE4E5C #CEC04E

monochromatic

#235B7F #307DAE #4E9CCE #7EB7DB #AED2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4E9CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4E9CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9CCE

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9CCE	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.107 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9dd',
    500: '#4e9cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9cce;
$custom-light: #8bb9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.438,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66422,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9CCE

secondary

#D7B6A1

accent

#8348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9CCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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